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Anybody out ther willing to share a recipe of your favorite load?my brother does my reloading for me, I need a load for 120 grain max and another load for 150 grain nosler partition. The loads he makes now are pretty accurate but I think there is room to improve.any help would be appreciated.thanks in advance CC
 
One of my favorite cartridges, the 284. Do you know what powders he has available? The magazine length is limiting with my A-Bolt 'Micro' in 284. There is the advice to use no heavier than 140-150 grain bullets so as to not reduce case capacity, with the short neck.

I use the common IMR-4350 with 139/140 grain bullets, Sierra & Hornady. I have some older IMR-4320 I am using up with 120 grain bullets. I'd cross reference several sources & use whatever medium/slower rifle powder you have on hand.

I took a nice 8 ptr in the U.P. of MI this Fall with my 284 Win, worked superbly.
 
Sure be nice to mention what rifle and load and what type accuracy your getting now.

I'm shooting custom 284 and years ago had Win 100 and accuracy sometimes can be more the rifles problem vs reloads. You have powder like R-17 also H-4841sc if shooting some of the longer type bullets better load density and work for the 120gr bullets also. If you had good selection I'd start with H-4841sc.
 
My a-bolt really likes rel.19 but I use the 140 nosler bt and get 2637fps,not the fastest but accurate. I used h4831 for several years also but rel 19 shot much more accurate.
 
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Both of my rifles are a browning a bolt micro medallion powder we use Hodgon 4895,as far as accuracy it's. Not to bad at 100 yards I can shoot a 1" group pretty regular.what I am looking. For is a 1" group @ 200 yards I think that should be obtainable as a goal, any help would be useful
Thanks bill
 
The limited testing I've done with Nosler partitions is on average, they don't shoot as well as most Sierra bullets. It comes down to the total package with shooting, gun,glass, trigger, shooter, load, bullet, conditions, and a few other things.

A 1" group at 200 yards may be elusive with most guns, including your Micro-Medallion. I'm more a hunter than a bench rest shooter.

I'd look to a slower powder than 4895, maybe one of the 4350s & a Sierra or Hornady 139/140 grn bullet.

The Micro-Medallion is very sweet to carry. An honest 1" group at 100 yrds from a lightweight 20" barreled rifle should be enough to get it done.
 
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